Crops & Food
We eat to live. Humans use approximately 11% of Earth’s land for the cultivation of crops for food, but also for clothing, medicine and biofuels. Globally, major crops include sugarcane, pumpkin, maize (corn), wheat, rice, cassava, soybeans, hay, potatoes and cotton.
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French ban of Monsanto GM maize rejected by EU
France's attempt to ban the planting of a Monsanto strain of genetically modified maize was rejected by the EU's food ...
A genetic cure for tomato rot
Gardeners are all too familiar with the experience. You plant a handful of shriveled sand-colored tomato seeds, urge them out ...
Singapore firm reveals new GM biofuel crop
Singapore-based bioenergy company JOil has announced a new genetically modified strain of the jatropha plant which produces a higher quality ...
Africa’s First Sustainable Biofuel Plant Opens in Mozambique – Triple Pundit
Today marked the grand opening of the largest industrial park in Mozambique -and it’s got a sustainable edge to boot ...
GM crops: Protesters go back to the battlefields
A decade ago anti-GM protesters tore up fields and Britain roundly rejected so-called 'Frankenfood'. Now, as researchers trial new crops, ...
Researchers find gene that boosts sugar beet yields
A European team of researchers has discovered a gene with the potential to increase sugar beet yields. Presented in the ...
Professor argues that people will starve to death because of anti-GM zealotry
In 1968 Paul Ehrlich wrote in his book The Population Bomb that “mass starvation” due to “burgeoning population growth” was ...
Singapore firm reveals new GM biofuel crop
Singapore-based bioenergy company JOil has announced a new genetically modified strain of the jatropha plant which produces a higher quality ...
Richmond passes ban on genetically engineered crops
Richmond council has passed a motion banning genetically modified plants and crops from being grown in the city, the first ...
Dairy producers gain access to new genetic testing services
Canada’s dairy producers have long recognized the benefits of identifying desired genetic traits in their herds. Now, with the creation ...
Swaziland moving towards GM crop farming
SEA in partnership with the University of Swaziland, took the media on an educational tour of genetically modified crops in ...
Expert calls for expedition of the implementation of Biosafety Law in Ghana
Mr. Kwame Dei Asamoah-Okyere, Head of the Biosafety Unit of the Food and Drugs Board, on Wednesday called for a ...
U.S. Embassy partners to organize agricultural biotechnology workshop to promote awareness about GMOs
Funded by the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, the workshop aims to create awareness of the bio-safety of ...
Video: Debate about GM crops reignites
The genetic modification of plants has been back in the news recently as scientists at Rothamsted Research conduct an open ...
Number of GM field trials in Europe in decline
The number of applications for experimental field trials with GM plants in Europe is steadily decreasing, new figures show. The ...
Man faces GM wheat break-in charges
A 50-year-old man has been charged with criminal damage after an incident at a research centre where a trial of ...
Stringent GMO regulatory system urged by anti-GM group
MANILA, Philippines -- International environment group Greenpeace urged a strict scrutiny of regulators of GMO (genetically-modified organism) products being introduced ...
GM products imported into Swaziland illegally
Despite the fact that Swaziland does not have a bio-safety law, genetically modified (GM) products are being imported into the ...
Food prices can go up if transgenic is refused
Considerations by one of the most important supermarket chains in the United Kingdom. Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc, one of the ...
Video: Farmers and researchers discuss GMOs
Farmers and experts from around the world discuss their experiences with genetically modified food crops. View video discussion about biotechnology ...
Healthy, risk-free biotech crops pushed
The Biotechnology Coalition of the Philippines (BCP) has reaffirmed its commitment to push for the adoption of biotech crops that ...
GMO: Unproven harm, unconfirmed benefit
Production of genetically-modified products is prohibited in Russia, but their import is allowed. GMO are rarely used for food production, ...
Kenya to commercialize genetically modified foods by 2014
Kenya is implementing guidelines to facilitate the commercialization of genetically modified crops by 2014 as part of efforts to boost ...
Rothamsted GM trial: Scientists against activists
Genetically modified (GM) foods have been off the shelves and out of British fields for many years now. But the ...
Canada: British Columbian apple growers worry over GM
Some growers in the Okanangan region of British Columbia are worried by the introduction of genetically modified crops. This comes ...
Genetically altered salmon may encounter another roadblock
Another roadblock or barrier is in the process of being erected in the case of the highly controversial "Frankenfish" the ...
Plants genetic response changes due to stress
No one's talking about giving intelligence tests, but researchers say they've shown that plants have smarts — the sort needed ...
